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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-06-11
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.


be done at no time.
The young man who sang "How
Can Leave Thee?" left her very sud-
denly when the bulldog came tearing
round the house.
"A wise has been invented with flex-
IDLE rubber cushion or muller between
the jaws, (which renders saw-filing
noiseless. ~ Y. Tribune.
AN Australian has invented an cleo
tr;cal machine-gun which he claims is
capable of firing 100 rounds every few
seconds, from any position and In any
direction.
The discovery of . network Of So
called canals on the planet Mars by
Schiaparelli several years ago, has been
confirmed this year by observers both
in England and Italy.
"A button which works on the prin-
ciple of cork-screw is the last novelty
out, and the patentee was offered $685.
900 for his rights the moment he had
the first button out. Detroit Free Press.
Wilmington, VT, is nearly in the
center of the largest maple sugar max
ing section in the world. The largest
maker there ships ten thousand gallons
of strip yearly, and the business is
growing fast.
Reports from many places show that
the electric railway is no longer an ex-
pertinent, but fact 1t will be long
time before we travel like lightning, but
to travel by lightning will soon be prac-
tice on many New England street
railway.
The winter packing in the West
last year was 6, 800, 900 hogs; the average
for the past five years is 100000; for
the preceding period of five years.
$780, 600, and for ten years. $500. 900.
the latter number corresponding with
last winters total.
The new Reitz alloy. the patented
production of German chemist, is
bronze for which remarkable durability
and resistance to all acids are claims1,
prolonged exposure to concentrated
muriatic acid having caused less than
halfthe loss sustained by any other alloy,
and other tests having been equally sue
cessful.
On the Transcaspian railroad. in
Russia. it is claimed that saving of
$500 per mile is effected by the use of
mineral wax, or ozokerite, for ties.
When purified, melted and mixed with
limestone and gravel, the ozokerite,
which is abundant in the vicinity of the
railroad, produces good asphalt. This
is pressed into shape in boxes, and gives
ties which retain their form and hard
ness even in the hottest weather.
"A steam engine that runs the cleo
trio light system in the works of the
Portland, (Me.) Stoneware Company is
built on an entirely new principle. 1t
has no piston rod. and is surprisingly
compact, the one at the pottery occupy
ing space 16x19 inches, eighteen inches
in height, yet it does with ease the or
binary work of ten-horse power en-
CINE of the old pattern. The cost of
construction is estimated to be about
one-third less than that of an ordinary
horizontal or upright engine.-Boston
Budget.
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/" JAIL RlcHTi"


What Bill, a Brave ship-Boy. Brought
Away from the Wreck of tho Mermaid
s1zip." the Captains Pet. M
"We'll be driven ashore in less than
1--WE minutes, and then may God have
mercy upon us, for the rocks will have
none!'
SO muttered through his clinched
teeth Gas he strained his eyes through
the binding spray to catch the dim
loom of the cliffs right ahead) the cap
tain of the trading brig Mermaid, home
ward bound to London from the Brazil
ian port Of Pernambuco.
1t was indeed all over with the poor
Did brig. Both her masts were gone,
her wheel and stecring-gear had been
carried away, and tremendous sea
was sweeping her straight toward the
widest and rockicst part of the south
west coast of England. For himself
Captain Barrett would have cared lit
tie, accustomed as he was to face every
kind of danger without flinching; but
his wife and her little girl were on
board along with him; and what was to
become of them?
Close by the captains side, clinging
as tightly as his benumbed and cramped
fingers would let him to the Jagged
stump Of the mainmast (behind which
Mrs. Barrett and her child had been
placed for shelter), stood Bill, the cab
in-boy-a bright-eycd. curly-haired lit
tie fellow, barely ten years old. The
kind-hearted captain had found him
wandering disconsolately about the
East India Docks, ragged and hungry
and remembering the time when he
himself had been just such poor and
friendless boy, had taken the forlorn
lad aboard the Mermaid, where he had
remained ever since.
Bill was much better of than most
ship-boys, for instead of being starved
and beaten, as they usually were. in
those rough days, he was made iregu-
lar pet both by the captain and the
crew. But he was not their only f.
voritc, for Captain Barrett had brought
back from Brazil queer little South
American raccoon, not much bigger
than a rat, and looking very like one.
with its long, sharp snout and sleek
brown coat. All through the bomeward
voyage, Zip, as the coon was called
was the chosen playmate of the sailors,
who were never tired Of running about
the forecastle with him. or feeding him
on pieces of softened biscuit. But now,
when every man on board expected to
be struggling for his lie within 3 few
minutes, poor Zip seemed likely to be
left to take care of himself, and to have
but a poor chance Of escape.
Suddenly Bill was seen to leave his
place, and to pick his way like rope
dancer across the rocking, Keeling deck,
over which the furious sea broke every
moment in roaring waterfalls of foam.
One would hardly have thought the lit
tie cabin-boy likely to possess any
treasure for which he would care to
risk his life; but it was plain enough
that he did. for when he got back to
his place CATER venturing down to the
lower deck) he had something buttoned.
up inside his jacket Of which he SEEM
ed t, be very careful indeed.
He was barely in time, for scarcely
had he caught hold of the broken mast
once more when the doomed vessel was
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l determined thereafter never to give
until / had made inquiry; but one fellow
proved too clever for me even then. He
came one night about half-past eight
a big, broad-shouldered, round-headed,
pugilistic-looking man, whose whole
appearance testified against him. He
had just came from the prison at Cos
port, where he had served two years as
a deserter. When taken. he had been
for some months living in my district,
and working at his old trade as brick
layer. The chaplain had shown him
the folly of his wicked life, and advised
him, as he had expressed his determine
ton to turn over new leaf, to seek
help from the nearest minister. He had
slept in a shed last night, but had that
day got promise of job to begin to-
morrow morning at half-past six. But
every bricklayer must have a trowel,
line, etc.; and he had no tools, nor
money to get them. If would lend
him as much, he would be at my house
on Saturday at half-past two, as soon
as he got his pay, and return it, and
hoped to attend my church and go on
in the right way as long as he lived.
He showed me the ID branded upon his
side; he offered to leave his coat, worth
three times the money, and took it off
as he said it. ! replied that it was quite
unnecessary; / had a friend, builder,
who in the circumstances would lend
him the tools.
But ali, that would not do, as no one
must know his story; men would not
work with him if they did. He had con-
fided in me as minister. knew how
any one who had been in prison
found it almost impossible to get any
thing to do. This offer had been made
to him, and seemed to open the way to
a new life, if only he could get the loan
of four shillings or so. till Saturday;
and if pot then God help him! he
e
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-10-12
Mrs. CIeveland's Great TACT.

Cincinnati Enquirer.
The following incident, which it
is said, took place in the green room
of the Academy of Music in Phila-
delphia last Friday night, and which
was only observed by few persons
will be of interest to Ohio readers.
1t was upon the occasion of the
Presidents reception, which went
far towards demonstrating the wo-
manly tact possessed by the wife of
the nations head. Among the many
prominent people present was ex-
President Hayes. Naturally of a
retiring disposition, he did not min
gle at any great, extent with the
celebrities. When the time arrived
for the Presidential party to take
their places on the stage they
formed in couples, and the express
ident was left without a partner.
AT this moment the President and
Mrs. Cleveland entered the green
room from the proscenium box.
Mrs, Cleveland, with womanly in
stinet, took in the situation at a
glance, and in an instant glided
across the floor, past the rest of the
company, laid her hand on the ex-
Presidents arm and took up their
position at the head of the line.
President Cleveland took Chair
man Kasson's arm, and in this order
they fled upon the stage. The
whole thing was the work ola sec
ond, but in that time Mr.. Hayes was
relieved from an embarrassing po-
sition, and Mrs. Cleveland had
scored another of those inimitable
strokes of fnesse for which she is
noted.
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BRITISH CRUELTY.
The Methods of Eviction I'm Ire-
land Adopted by English
landlords in this Country.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct 4.-The
General Land Office is in receipt of
information that British syndicate
which is said to have purchased a
large tract of land in Iowa, from the
Me6regor Western Railroad Com
pany, is merciIessly exciting settlers,
the title to the land being in dispute
in the State courts. A settler writes:
Women over sixty years of age, sick
in bed, have been taken by six men
and carried out into the driving
storm. Delicate women have had
their hands tied with cords till their
flesh was bruised and dragged
shrieking from their homes. Chill
.dren have been born prematurely
at sight of the band of eyictors.
Strong men have been run down by
rufians on horseback and then
hand-cufed and dragged from their
little possessions might go on
and multiply instances where the
sheriff, with a writ of ejectment in
one hand and a British contract in
the other, gave these poor people
their choice between these two evils.
Affidavits of the cruelties practiced
are being collected, says this writer,
for use at Washington next winter
and will be read in both houses of
Congress.
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Bungling Litigation.

~ nctZtl DeIlOCTaI-
Half the expenses of litigants in
our Courts might be avoided by the
contestants employing competent
attorneys and getting started prop-
erly Every man should consider
well his undertaking before he goes
to law. It is an expensive luxury
that cannot be avoided, but a cheap
lawyer is the greatest curse of a
people. An attorney who will
charge you unreasonable fees is q
rascal, and one who will undertake
your case for a pitifnl sum is fool
whom it is dangerous to trust. The
chances are that the fool viii get
you into trouble and you may be
compelled to call on the rascal to
help you out, and you had better be
dead.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-10-12
TooGnodnInror.


Peter DE Young served on the
jury that convicted the county COM
missionersinC Chicago afew years ago.
Before he was drawn to serve on
this jury he was a storekeeper in
one of the shops at Pullman. After
the trial he found another, man in
his old place at the shops, and he
was assigned to less lucrative
place. He says he has been shifted
from one place to another, always
going lower, until he has been com
PEELED to quit the shops, and he
asked the States Attorney Grinell
to assist him to other employment.
De Young says he does not charge
the officers of the company with
having anything to do with his
poor luck; but he says half dozen
persons have told him he made a
great mistake in not earning s1O,-
600 by voting to acquit the commits
sioners instead of helping to con-
vict innocent men.-Er.
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Nem Eleclion LAW.

In the acts of 1887 it appears
that Sec. ., of the Code of this
State is amended, in character
worthy of perusal, as it provides
severe penalties for voting twice,
and the procuring of bad votes to
be admitted or good ones rejected,
or voting illegally, &c
And TO the chapter thus amend
ed are added the following sec
tions, which being entirely new,
we publish:
Sec. 1s. mo person shall on
day of election, within sixty feet
of the voting place request anoth-
er person to exhibit or disclose
the contest of any ticket or ballot
which such other person intends
to use in voting.
Sec. IA Any person who on the
day of election, having inspected
the ballot of a voter, or having fnr-
nished a voter with a ballot, ac-
companies such voter within sixty
feet of the voting place whilst such
voter is ON his way to the polls for
the purpose of voting, shall be guil-
ty of misdemeanor, or any person
acting in CONJUNCTION with another
who has, on the dey of election,
inspected the ballot of a voter, OF
furnished the voter with ballot,
who accompanies such voter within
sixty feet of the voting place whilst
such voter is on his way to the polls
for the purpose of voting; or any
person who shall call voter back
after such has approached within
sixty feet of any voting place for
the purpose of casting a vote, and
shall inspect or change the ballot
of such voter or shall give such
voter another or different ballot
shall be guilty of misdcmeanor.
Sec. 10. No ticket or ballot shall
on the day ofelection be given or
delivered to, or received by any
such person within sixty feet of
the voting place, except he be ono
of the commissioners of election,
who shall receive the same only
at the ballot box, and in his official
capacity.
Sec. 16. Any person violating
the provisions of this act, unless
a different punishment for such
violation is prescribed, shall be
PUNISHED by fine of not less than
twenty-five dollars and not exceed
ing five hundred dollars, and at the
discretion of the court by imprison-
, ment in the county jail not less
than ten days and not more than
ninety days
The above is an excellent i'm
provcment in the law, and will
prove exceedingly beneficial to the
public if properly executed, as it
should be.
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Great Gums.

The pneumatic dynamite gun has
proved great success at its trial in
New York harbor. 1t loaded So
pounds of explosive dynamite and
gelatine, in the schooner target, in
a way and with results that demon
strated the success of the new pro
jectile and the propelIing agency,
which is an air gun. 1t is one OF
the most terrible probably
the most destructive yet devised
and can easily blow to atoms a hos
tile ship mile and a quarter away.
That is the range of the experimen-
tai cannon, but it may possibly be
enlarged. Accuracy of aim is one
of its most important qualities.
Lieutenant Zalenski, of the army, is
the inventor. Tho dynamite gun
may not be very successful de-
Tense for large harbor. But it is
cheap and quickly built, a hundred
such guns of large size would throw
a shower of deadly projectiles, and
if only few hit the enemy there
would be, it is likely, vacancy in
the enemy's feet where the hits
took place. The trial is sufficiently
satisfactory to warrant the construc-
ton of few such guns.
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Fair Attractions.

The prize calf and the champion
pumpkin will have to take a rear
position at county fairs hereafter,
to make room for the couple who
get married in the main hall and
receive presents from merchants.
The fact, however, draws attention
to paralyizing possibilities. AS the
idea catches on it is possible that
future fairs will have such attract
ions as couples counting ON a sofa
loaned by local merchant, the
swain finally proposing while
kneeling on rug given by another
merchant, the girl hiding her bIush-
es behind fan furnished by an
other establishment. 1t may even
get down to funerals, where the
fair association viii furnish the
coffin, the hearse and mourners
forming a cavaIcade to traverse the
track. It is painful to speculate up
on the lengths to which this fad
may finally reach.-Er
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The brick church at Lost Creek,
Harrison county, was burnt Sept
ember oath, about IL o'clock a. m.
Services had just commenced when
the alarm of fire was given, but it
had such start that it could not
be overcome. 1t caught in the
roof and the wood work was entire
ly consumed except the doors and
few of the windows, the organ,
settee stand, chairs, chandeliers and
most of the pews were gotten out
before the roof and upper floor fell
in. The south side had been rooted
with slate in the last few weeks
The house was 3sx5O feet and built
in 1872 at a cost of over four thous-
and dollars. The church met the
next day to make arrangements to
repair it, and is thought the walls
are not injured much.
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A resolution was passed at the
Oakland district NJ E. Conference,
held at Johnstown, Md, on the 5th
inst, requesting the Bishop at the
next annual Conference not to ap-
point as Presiding Elder of the dis
trict any man who uses tobacco.
The resolution is no particular
novelty and the idea may be all
right, but the brethren shouldn't
undertake to do overmuch, all at
once, even in the way of reform.
The Texas Strings expresses the
idea in form of dialogue, as follows:
Daughter-There is only one
thing more astonishing than the
readiness with which Ned gave up
tobacco when we became engaged.
Mother-What is that astonishing
thing2
Daughter-The rapidity with
which he took it up again as soon as
we were married.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-10-12

Mr.. w. S. Kerr died at the St
Charles Hotel, last Sunday after
noon, about half-past three o'clock.
He had made his home there for
some months. Mr.. Kerr was forty
two years of age. He was engaged
for about twenty years in the Tele-
graph service, beginning as mes
senger boy during the war; later he
became an operator for the Western
Union Company, and was one of
the most skillful operators in the
business. He was in the drug busi-
ness with his brother, Mr.. G. d.
Kerr, for about ten years, but for
the last two years has been out OF
business altogether. He was an in
telligent, welI-educated man. a
man of most excellent manners.
His politeness was proverbial, and
in consequence he offended none
and died without enemies. Two
brothers survive him, Mr.. C. d.
Kerr, of this city, and Joseph J.
Kerr, living in the country.-GGt-
lipotis Journc1.
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Wes1 virginia I,ensioners.

ParkerSburg sentinel.
We are in receipt of the annual
report of the Commissioner of Pen
sions for 1887, from which we sub
tract the following information: In
this State there are 5O22 pensioners,
who receive s136, ,s62.62 every three
months, or s555, ,45O.48ayear Wood
county is the largest on the roll with
416 pensioners receiving S11 ,259 ev-
cry three months. Preston county
is the second largest with 297 pen
sioners receiving s7,8H.75 each
quarter. Mason county has 288
pensioners but receives s9,997.75
every three months. Wyoming
county is the smallest on the list,
having only seven pensioners whom
s163 is paid quarterly. The annual
sum expended for pensions is enor-
nous, exceeding eighty millions a
year.
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His Memory Was Good.

"And you pretend to say" re-
marked lawyer to witness, :'that
you remember the exact words this
man said to you ten years ago?"
"I do
"Well, if my memory serves me,
l met you at Saratoga about five
years ago, and L should like 10
know if you can swear to any ex-
preston which then made"
eI can
"Now, Mr.. J., / want you to re-
member that you are under oath.
Now, under oath, you swear that
you can quote with great accuracy
remark 1 made to you at Saratoga
five years ago?"
81 can"
"wen, what was it2"
"You met me in the hotel corri-
dor
aYes, quite correct"
"And you shook hands with me. +"
Naturally 1 die"
"And you said to me: Lets go
and take something.
The crier of the court had to call
silence for ten minutes, and the
lawyer confessed that the witness
had remarkable memory.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-10-12

The sentimental story about the
beautiful New England girl once
acted as James g. Blaine's private
secretary, and who has since become
a moral and physical wreck, is rid
iculed in Washington, where Mr..
Blaine's friends say that he never
employed woman as secretary.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-10-12

Ex-Governor Washburn, of Mas
sachusetts, is in danger of being
read out of his party. BE says OF
the Republican proposition to re-
duce the surplus by taking the tax
es off whiskey and tobacco: "The
duties on the necessities of life
should be taken off as far as possi-
BILE. The internal revenue duties
on liquors and tobacco should not
be reduced a penny. These arti-
cles should be taxed as high as pos
sible." That is pretty serious, but
what follows is so much more so
that we do not see how it can be
condoped: "I am Republican
still, and shall probably remain so
all my life, but am free to say
that Mr.. Cleveland has made a
capable and honest president He
has made good appointments and
bad appointments but the pressure
on any president is always tremen-
dous, and L think Mr.. Cleveland
has done what he thought was
right. Pittsburgh Post
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-10-12

Peter McGhee. an Ohio farmer
opposite Parkersburg. was done up
by swindlers to the tune of 81 600
last Tuesday. Same old trick of
signing a paper he couldn't read.
Besides he was drunk.
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The President has bounced post
master James johnson of Spring
field, o., and appointed James N.
Hagan in his stead
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Mrs. ]. LAWSON,
141 Bergen St, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Mr.. Gideon Thompson, the oldest
and one of the most respected citizens
Of Bridgeport, Conn, says: Il am
ninety years of age, and for the last
:hree years have suffered from malaria
md the effects of quinine poisoning.
! recently began with Kaskine which
'roke up the malaria and increased
ny weight az pounds.
Other letters of similar character
rom prominent individuals, which
tamp Kaskine as remedy ofundoubt-
ID merit, will be sent on application.
'rice $r.oo, or six bottles, $500.
iold by Druggists, or sent by mail on
eceipt of price.
The Kaskine Company, 81 Warren
t., New York, and IS Farringdon
load, London. i
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Oscar Nebe, one of the anarchists,
is in the penitentiary serving out
his sentence, and the other anarch-
lists feel bad over it.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-10-12

A Connecticut woman has inyen-
ted a hustle which she says has
never been worn before. Isn't that
a pe.uiiarity of most bustles?
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-10-12

A dog was about to attack mon
key belonging to an organ-grinder.
AS the dog rushed on, the monkey
lifted his hat and gracefully saluted,
when the dogs head and tail drop
ped and he sneaked away.